Mary Seacole was black, in a white world that enslaved ... You can’t help but read her book and think that The Lady of the Lamp got all the glory, but Mrs Seacole had all the fun.

LONDON -- Google today honoured Mary Seacole, a Jamaican/Scottish ... health stigma The Doodle features an image of Seacole wielding a lamp as she searches for wounded servicemen on the ...

To them, placing Seacole’s statue outside the hospital where the Lady with the Lamp established her revolutionary nursing school is an affront. 5 things to know about Mary Seacole The suggestion ...

When Mary Seacole was named the ‘greatest ever black ... becoming the ‘lady with the lamp’, the British Army refused to allow Seacole treat the soldiers. Not taking this decision lightly ...

Her name was Mary Seacole, and today she is almost as famous ... at Scutari and instead only asked the celebrated 'Lady of the Lamp' for a bed for the night, which was duly granted.

But far fewer people have heard of Mary Seacole, who did the same thing at the same time in the same place. Is it because Seacole was black? Jackie Sibblies Drury’s ambitious play seeks to ...

Seacole was born Mary Grant, likely in 1805 ... Winner of the International Booker Prize: “Heart Lamp" is a collection of stories about Indian Muslim women’s daily struggles with bothersome ...

Themes: Mary Seacole; Black History; prejudice; determination; caring for others. Summary: Mary Seacole was born in Jamaica in 1805. She travelled to the Crimea during the Crimean War and set up ...

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Mary Seacole was born in Kingston, Jamaica, on 23 November 1805. Her father was a Scottish soldier and her mother was Jamaican. Seacole was born at a time when many Black people in the Caribbean ...